Nokia 808 PureView

Pros:

• 38 megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash and 1080p@30fps video recording
• Two capture modes: 38MP/34MP full-res and 3MP/5MP/8MP PureView
• Camera features: giant 1/1.2" camera sensor, mechanical shutter, ND filter, geotagging, face detection, up to 4x lossless digital zoom
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Penta-band 3G with 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
• Nokia Belle OS with Feature Pack 1
• Single-core 1.3 GHz ARM 11 CPU and 512 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA and UPnP
• microHDMI port for HD TV-out functionality
• GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free voice-guided navigation
• Digital compass
• 16GB on-board storage, expandable up to 32GB through the microSD card slot
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• DivX and XviD video support
• Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS, FM transmitter
• microUSB port with USB On-the-go support
• Stereo Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP
• NFC support
• Smart and voice dialing
• Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display

Cons:

• Symbian ecosystem lags behind Android and iOS
• nHD resolution wears thin on the 4" screen
• The phone is quite bulky and heavy
• Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
• microSIM support

The 808 PureView has no business with cameraphones as we know them. It can look down at any of the smartphone flagships of the competition and make fun of their so-called advanced camera tricks. But guess what - it doesn't. It's so much better than that.

And of course the flipside is that the smartphone is not of the same order as the cameraphone. The Symbian-powered Nokia 808 PureView knows darn well it cannot match the quad-cores, HD screens and the app stores of the competition.